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Has Michael Crick selected the Tory Candidate for Battersea?

It would not surprise me at all to find out that the tory party's new "open selection" system for candidates has resulted in Labour activists deciding who the Tory candidate is (see Recess Monkey).

I would be more surprised if Michael Crick had managed to be one of the 300 voters as they should be able to recognise him.

Still if you allow the Labour Party to select the Tory Candidates that is one way of making the Tories the same as Labour.

Comments

Bob Piper said…
Or you could go to Aberdeen where the Lib Dems and Tories are nearly as tight together as Birmingham's Tories and their Lib Dem puppies. See: http://ridiculouspolitics.blogspot.com/2006/10/lib-dem-says-you-may-as-well-vote-tory_05.html
Anonymous said…
What a ridiculous comment from Bob Piper. John was writing about the open selection the Tories were holding, and Mr Piper shows a complete lack of knowledge and chooses to compare chalk with cheese.
Manfarang said…
Or you could go to Iraq where you can see how aligned the Labour government is with the US neo-cons.
Bob,if your application to join the Communist Party isn't in the royalmail it should be!
Bob Piper said…
norfolk blogger... John was saying it "is one way of making the Tories the same as Labour" all I was doing was pointing out that there are other ways of being the same as the Tories... I don't think that is chalk and cheese at all, and if you can deduce 'a complete lack of knowledge' from that you are clearly barking.

manfarang... oh no, not the spectre of communism. Pathetic.
Manfarang said…
The spectre of socialism!

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